Here are five things to know from Wednesday's Waynesboro Borough Council meeting.

1. Budget adoption

The board agreed 5-0 to adopt the $8.9 million budget for 2013 without an increase in property taxes.

The borough's real estate tax rate will remain at 25.08 mills — with 18.08 for the general fund, 5 mills for stormwater management upgrades and street improvements and 2 mills for street lights.

Borough Manager Lloyd Hamberger thanked council and the department heads for helping keep the budget balanced.

"Council spent a lot of time on this," he said. "We want to also thank the staff in assisting us. This is all a team effort."

2. Proclamation for Newtown

Mayor Richard Starliper had council members sign a proclamation for the town of Newtown, Conn., expressing the borough's deepest sympathies and heartfelt prayers after last week's shooting deaths at Sandy Hook Elementary School.

3. Street lights

Darrel Potts, chair of council's street committee, said the committee will review several requests from the public regarding the addition of street lights in various alleys throughout town.

A Cleveland Avenue resident asked council to add the lights after shots were fired into an occupied home on West Second Street, and additional shots were fired in the 100 block of West North Street the night of Dec. 3.

Police Chief James Sourbier IV said Wednesday the investigation into the incident is ongoing, adding he is optimistic it will be solved soon.

Potts said several other residents have asked for more street lights in alleys, and the requests will be reviewed at the start of the new year.

4. Surplus items

Fire Chief Dave Martin asked council if it would allow the fire department to sell surplus equipment the borough can no longer use, including old parking meters and street lights, to generate revenue for the fire department.

Council agreed, and Councilman Ben Greenawalt said he was glad the borough is finally getting rid of the items.

5. New website

The borough's new website is up and running. It features an up-to-date calendar that includes recycling weeks and meeting times, recycling policies, applications, ordinances, information on the parks and a section for online bill payments.

Hamberger thanked Melinda Knott and Scott Crum for their work on bringing the borough into the 21st century.